Fluid System
    21.
    发明申请
    Fluid System 审中-公开

    公开(公告)号:US20180258805A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-09-13

    申请号:US15762419

    申请日:2016-09-23

    Abstract: A replaceable fluid container for an engine or a vehicle, comprising: a fluid reservoir, at least one fluid port adapted to couple with a fluid circulation system; and an actuator, configured to be operated between a first condition and a second condition, wherein the actuator is configured, in the first condition, to enable the fluid container to be inserted into and/or held in a dock, in a seated but undocked condition, and inhibit docking of the fluid container to the dock; and wherein the actuator is further configured, when operated from the first condition to the second condition with the fluid container being in the seated but undocked condition, to enable the fluid container to dock in an engaged condition with the dock, associated docks and associated methods of supplying a fluid to a vehicle or an engine and of decoupling a fluid container from a fluid circulation system of a vehicle or an engine.

    Replaceable fluid container
    23.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US09890901B2

    公开(公告)日:2018-02-13

    申请号:US14443625

    申请日:2013-11-19

    CPC classification number: F16N19/00 F01M11/04 F01M2011/0483

    Abstract: A replaceable fluid container for a vehicle, for example a vehicle engine, the container comprising: a housing comprising a fluid reservoir; at least one fluid port arranged on the housing to couple the reservoir in fluidic communication with a fluid system of the vehicle; a vent port arranged on the housing to couple the reservoir in fluidic communication with the vehicle for allowing gas to be passed into and out from the reservoir; a vent tube connected at a first end, to said vent port and arranged within the reservoir to pass through fluid contained in the reservoir when the container is connected with the fluid reservoir in fluidic communication with the fluid system of the vehicle, with a second end of the vent tube in a headspace above the fluid in the reservoir, to allow gas communication between the vent port and the headspace, in which the vent tube comprises a vent valve at the second end of the vent tube adapted to close to prevent ingress of fluid and gas from the reservoir into the vent tube when the vent port is not in fluidic communication with the vehicle and to open to allow gas communication between the head space and the engine through the vent tube and vent port when the vent port is in fluid communication with the vehicle.

    Fluid System
    25.
    发明申请
    Fluid System 审中-公开

    公开(公告)号:US20170089235A1

    公开(公告)日:2017-03-30

    申请号:US15312604

    申请日:2015-05-21

    Abstract: In one embodiment, there is provided a dock for a replaceable fluid container for an engine, the fluid container having: a fluid reservoir; and at least one fluid port having a coupling adapted to couple with a fluid circulation system associated with the engine; the dock having: a fastening mechanism configured to cooperate with the container such that, as the container is inserted into the dock, the fastening mechanism acts first to seat the fluid container in the dock but in an undocked condition and then, as the container is inserted further into the dock, acts to bring the fluid container into an engaged condition in which the fluid container is docked with a docking interface of the dock.

    Replaceable Fluid Container
    27.
    发明申请
    Replaceable Fluid Container 有权
    可更换流体容器

    公开(公告)号:US20150291318A1

    公开(公告)日:2015-10-15

    申请号:US14443622

    申请日:2013-11-19

    Abstract: A replaceable fluid container for a vehicle, the container comprising: a housing comprising a fluid reservoir; an outlet port arranged on the housing to couple the reservoir in fluidic communication with a fluid system of the vehicle for supplying fluid from the reservoir to the vehicle; an inlet port arranged on the housing to couple the reservoir in fluidic communication with the fluid system of the vehicle for receiving fluid from the engine to the reservoir; and a vent port arranged on the housing to couple the reservoir in fluidic communication with the vehicle for allowing gas to be passed into and out from the reservoir, wherein the inlet, outlet and vent ports are arranged on a common end of the housing and are arranged such that the distance between the vent port and the nearest of the inlet port and outlet port is greater than the distance between the inlet port and the outlet port.

    Abstract translation: 一种用于车辆的可替换流体容器,所述容器包括:壳体,包括流体储存器; 布置在所述壳体上的出口,以将所述储存器与所述车辆的流体系统流体连通以将所述储存器中的流体供应到所述车辆; 入口,布置在所述壳体上,以将所述储存器与所述车辆的流体系统流体连通,以将流体从所述发动机接收到所述储存器; 以及布置在所述壳体上的排气口,以将所述储存器与所述车辆流体连通地联接,以允许气体进入和离开所述储存器,其中所述入口,出口和通风口布置在所述壳体的共同端部上,并且 布置成使得通气口和最接近入口端口和出口之间的距离大于入口和出口之间的距离。

    Fluid Method and System
    28.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20200040781A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-02-06

    申请号:US16596374

    申请日:2019-10-08

    Abstract: An apparatus configured to control fluid distribution in a fluid circulation system. The fluid circulation system is coupled to a fluid container that includes a fluid supply port configured to couple to a fluid supply line of the fluid circulation system, a fluid return port configured to couple to a fluid return line of the fluid circulation system, and a breather port. The apparatus is configured to cause fluid to flow into the fluid container from the fluid circulation system while inhibiting outflow of the fluid from the replaceable fluid container into the fluid circulation system, so as to collect the fluid in the replaceable fluid container, and to cause a gas to flow from the replaceable fluid container through the breather port while inhibiting outflow of the fluid from the replaceable fluid container into the fluid circulation system.

    Fluid method and system
    30.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US10480365B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-11-19

    申请号:US15762445

    申请日:2016-09-23

    Abstract: A method for controlling fluid distribution in a fluid circulation system associated with an engine, the fluid circulation system being coupled to a replaceable fluid container comprising a fluid supply port configured to couple to a fluid supply line of the fluid circulation system, and a fluid return port configured to couple to a fluid return line of the fluid circulation system, and a breather port configured to couple to a breather output of the fluid circulation system, the method comprising causing the fluid to flow into the replaceable fluid container from the fluid circulation system while inhibiting outflow of the fluid from the replaceable fluid container into the fluid circulation system, so as to collect the fluid in the replaceable fluid container, and related apparatus configured to control fluid distribution in a fluid circulation system associated with an engine, and causing a gas to flow from the replaceable fluid container through the breather port while inhibiting outflow of the fluid from the replaceable fluid container into the fluid circulation system.

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